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[typewritten letter, presumably by Dorothy Jones Core]
29 October 1974
Frank Williamson
607 West 36th
Pine Bluff, Ark. 71601
Dear Frank,
Sure appreciated the nice telephone visit with you. Am most anxious to
meet and get acquainted with Mr. Wallis. I hope I can work out between
now and the first of the year. Hope to make a trip to New Orleans to
visit No. 2 son this next month and get in a few 'licks' at research while
there and in process of dreaming a 'big dream' of another bumming trip
to Europe so do want to get the direction charted on the publication....
IF and WHEN funds get in hand. From what you say, he appears to think like
you and I...the more sharing and working together, the more mutually
rewarding!
The HACKETT item.."Wm. P. Hackett, Esq., Judge of the County Court of
Jeff. Co., was murdered on the sand bar opposite Pine Bluffs in that Co.,
on Tuesday night last, by a worthless fellow named James Robinson who
was immediately apprehended and committed for trial." (AG 10 Jan 1837 p. 3. col. 1).
Since affairs of honor so often were on sand bars in the river, sounds
intriguing. Court records might be found to fill out and there may be
more in subsequent issues of GAZETTE...just picked this up as I
was scanning.
On Francois Sarrazin...I have outline of notes on this family...just in case
I got down to earnest research...this is a bad habit of mine...not fully
developing as I go along and not organizing...I just browse and nibble...and
it all 'tastes good.' He was a son of Nicholas Sarrazin and Anne Francoise
Roland (Rolland). He had a brother Antoine. The father Nicholas died
before 2 Feb 1730 when his widow married Laurent Bordelon at New Orleans.
Bordelon died and Anne Francoise Rolland m. 3rd Jean Stephen (marriage
contract 1737). Francois married at Ark. Post (marriage contract before
Father Carette 6 Jan 1752) Francoise Lepine, a native of the Arkansas. I also
have MUCH on Lepine family. Francois Sarrazin died and his widow remarried
in 1764 Jean Baptiste Tisserant DeMoncharavaux, indicating his death prior to
that time. I have in my notes that Faye 'reported Francois as being father
of half-breed Quapaw SARACEN' who received land under 1824 treaty. I had thought
someday to check concerning any reference to the age of Saracen to check on
if this could be feasible in connection with the searching out of a more definite
death date between time of marriage contract in 1752 and widow's next union
in 1764. Incidentally, his widow remarried a 3rd time in 1771 to Jacques
Phillipe Jacquelin. You see what I mean ... I got a bunch of lots and lots
of this and that...so if you embark on a direction, I may have something. Glad
to share and I mostly remember to put down source which mostly is original
proof document. Even Mr. FAYE has to be check back to source when he gives
his theory, such as SARACEN conclusion. That's the reason I browse...and write
so little...1st, it's hard work to write and organize and 2nd, I worry at
proving every statment...and sometimes those gaps remain in spite of efforts!
Again...most appreciative for your interest and sharing...

[typewritten letter, presumably by Dorothy Jones Core]
29 October 1974
Frank Williamson
607 West 36th
Pine Bluff, Ark. 71601
Dear Frank,
Sure appreciated the nice telephone visit with you. Am most anxious to
meet and get acquainted with Mr. Wallis. I hope I can work out between
now and the first of the year. Hope to make a trip to New Orleans to
visit No. 2 son this next month and get in a few 'licks' at research while
there and in process of dreaming a 'big dream' of another bumming trip
to Europe so do want to get the direction charted on the publication....
IF and WHEN funds get in hand. From what you say, he appears to think like
you and I...the more sharing and working together, the more mutually
rewarding!
The HACKETT item.."Wm. P. Hackett, Esq., Judge of the County Court of
Jeff. Co., was murdered on the sand bar opposite Pine Bluffs in that Co.,
on Tuesday night last, by a worthless fellow named James Robinson who
was immediately apprehended and committed for trial." (AG 10 Jan 1837 p. 3. col. 1).
Since affairs of honor so often were on sand bars in the river, sounds
intriguing. Court records might be found to fill out and there may be
more in subsequent issues of GAZETTE...just picked this up as I
was scanning.
On Francois Sarrazin...I have outline of notes on this family...just in case
I got down to earnest research...this is a bad habit of mine...not fully
developing as I go along and not organizing...I just browse and nibble...and
it all 'tastes good.' He was a son of Nicholas Sarrazin and Anne Francoise
Roland (Rolland). He had a brother Antoine. The father Nicholas died
before 2 Feb 1730 when his widow married Laurent Bordelon at New Orleans.
Bordelon died and Anne Francoise Rolland m. 3rd Jean Stephen (marriage
contract 1737). Francois married at Ark. Post (marriage contract before
Father Carette 6 Jan 1752) Francoise Lepine, a native of the Arkansas. I also
have MUCH on Lepine family. Francois Sarrazin died and his widow remarried
in 1764 Jean Baptiste Tisserant DeMoncharavaux, indicating his death prior to
that time. I have in my notes that Faye 'reported Francois as being father
of half-breed Quapaw SARACEN' who received land under 1824 treaty. I had thought
someday to check concerning any reference to the age of Saracen to check on
if this could be feasible in connection with the searching out of a more definite
death date between time of marriage contract in 1752 and widow's next union
in 1764. Incidentally, his widow remarried a 3rd time in 1771 to Jacques
Phillipe Jacquelin. You see what I mean ... I got a bunch of lots and lots
of this and that...so if you embark on a direction, I may have something. Glad
to share and I mostly remember to put down source which mostly is original
proof document. Even Mr. FAYE has to be check back to source when he gives
his theory, such as SARACEN conclusion. That's the reason I browse...and write
so little...1st, it's hard work to write and organize and 2nd, I worry at
proving every statment...and sometimes those gaps remain in spite of efforts!
Again...most appreciative for your interest and sharing...